I just listened to the Williams audio; I'm not sure what the big deal is.

Neither do I to be honest with you. I've played football and that's not uncommon to hear from a defensive coach and I used to hear things like that in middleschool. The only things that I didn't like was talking about Crabtree's ACL... now, our players didn't purposely target his ACL but still. Oh, and talking about how he'll pay for the first one.

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I just listened to the Williams audio; I'm not sure what the big deal is.

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Originally Posted by Flyboy

Neither do I to be honest with you. I've played football and that's not uncommon to hear from a defensive coach and I used to hear things like that in middleschool. The only things that I didn't like was talking about Crabtree's ACL... now, our players didn't purposely target his ACL but still. Oh, and talking about how he'll pay for the first one.

I have to agree with the both of you. And no, that's not because I'm a die-hard Saints fan. It's because Gregg Williams' pregame speech was no different than any other coach telling his team to go after a star player or to "play to the whistle".

The problem is, since Commissioner Goody-too-shoes wants to crack down players now because he suddenly cares about player safety (although this is the same league that endorsed products like Madden video games that featured "hit sticks" and ESPN pregame shows that has segments like "Jacked Up!" and so on), the commish decided to make an example of New Orleans.

Of course, the other thing that is seemingly being swept under the rug, is that the filmmaker Pamphilon released the audio of the Williams speech against the will of Saints defensive back Steve Gleason. The whole reason that guy was in the locker room and allowed behind-the-scenes access of the Saints and ultimately, Williams' speech was because of that documentary.

Sadly, this jerk probably figured he'd make more money and get more notoriety if he leaked the clip of this speech than he would from the upcoming documentary.

I love that we get to start the season with three games against opponenets that on paper should be avagerage to below average. We probably have a lot of players suspended early, so not having to face the best early should help.

I'm a little more pessimistic. I say we go 9-7 and miss the playoffs.

I'm surprised we get four primetime games (for now). I honestly thought the league would minimize the number of primetime games for us this year.

Those are going to be the easiest games to cover. All you have to do is re-hash the "bounty-gate" crap while only occasionally saying something half-ass intelligent about the game or having an original thought.